Acoustics Research Centre
Salford University has been carrying out acoustics research for over 30 years. Research is funded by research councils, government bodies, and industry. Our research has fed into products that companies make and sell Worldwide, as well as regulations and standards used in the UK, Europe and Beyond. We also carry out much public engagement - getting more people aware and interested in acoustic science and engineering.
Key areas include building and architectural acoustics, environmental noise, soundscapes, outdoor sound propagation, remote acoustic sensing of metrological conditions, human response to sound and vibration, audio signal processing and transducer design. Find out more about our research topics.
We have a thriving and growing postgraduate research community. Find our more about studying for a PhD in Acoustics.
RAE 2008
The Acoustics Research Centre's world leading research was recognised by the
latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008). The Centre was submitted to
"Architecture and Built Environment", along with colleagues from other
groups at Salford. The architecture and the build environment research was rated
as the best in the country, with 90% of our research graded at international
standard and 25% at world-leading standard. The University finished top in Research
Fortnight's Research
Power table (page 2) for Architecture & the Built Environment. The Acoustics
Research Centre was particularly pleased to double the number of staff submitted
to RAE 2008 compared to RAE 2001.
The University Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Harloe said: "Salford
has always been strong in architecture
and built environment research, and recognition of the international standard
of our work is particularly pleasing ... The research excellence we have shown
will not only benefit the University's [income], but also has a direct impact
on the students who are taught by world-class lecturers."
